List of the oldest buildings in Minnesota

This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Minnesota, including extant buildings and structures constructed before and during American rule over Minnesota. Only buildings built before 1860 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.

To qualify for the list, a structure must: be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy); incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least in height and/or be a listed building.

This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.

List of oldest buildings

BuildingImage Location First built UseNotes Round Tower at Fort Snelling Fort Snelling (unorganized territory), Minnesota 1820 Military Oldest building in Minnesota Sibley House Mendota, Minnesota 1835 Residence Oldest stone house in Minnesota; Home of Henry Hastings Sibley. Faribault House Mendota, Minnesota 1839 Residence Residence for fur trader Jean-Baptiste Faribault; made of stone.Norway Lutheran ChurchSt. Paul, Minnesota1843ChurchOldest Protestant church building in Minnesota; moved to St. Paul from Wind Lake, Wisconsin in 1904John and Martin Mower HouseArcola, Minnesota1847ResidenceAn early Greek Revival house in the St. Croix ValleyBanfill TavernFridley, Minnesota1847ResidenceResidence of John Banfill, an early state legislator Ard Godfrey House Minneapolis, Minnesota c. 1848 Residence Oldest house in Minneapolis.Capt. John Oliver HouseLakeland, Minnesota1849ResidenceResidence of Captain John Oliver, one of the early founders of Lakeland 1852 Town House School Taylor Falls, Minnesota 1852 School/Town House Oldest public school in Minnesota Saint Peter's Church (Mendota, Minnesota) Mendota Heights, Minnesota 1853 Church Oldest church building built in Minnesota Dupuis House Mendota, Minnesota 1854 Residence residence for Hypolite Dupuis.Pierre Bottineau HouseMaple Grove, Minnesota1854Residenceresidence of frontiersman Pierre BottineauPaul Wolf Family CabinNerstrand, MN1855Being RestoredResidence of the Paul Wolf family. Originally built in 1855 in what would become Big Woods State Park. Moved to Nerstrand, MN in 1856. In the process of being restored in Santiago Township, MN. https://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/1855-nerstrand-cabin-saved-by-pioneers-descendent-moved-for-preservation/article_45174c8c-07ac-4bb2-8460-0fb16c66cd2a.html Justus Ramsey Stone House Saint Paul, Minnesota 1855–57 Residence One of oldest houses in St. PaulWoodbury HouseAnoka, Minnesota1857ResidenceResidence of Dwight Woodbury, an early settler of AnokaSheldon Hall aka The BeehiveExcelsior, MN1857Current: ResidencePreviously: University of St. Thomas dormitory (Relocated from Minneapolis MN)

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota History of Minnesota Oldest buildings in the United States

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